After much hesitation, Moses faces his fears and accepts God’s mission. He stutters as he stands in Pharaoh’s palace. But ...

Joseph was remembered … until he was remembered as Joseph the Jew. Pharaoh did not say, “I hate Jews”; he said, “I don’t know ...

Living in a modern society does not reduce this obligation—it increases it. Precisely because so much around us changes, a ...

That’s the electric promise of 365 Daily Life Lessons of Rabbi Heschel, a soul-stirring new work by Rabbi Mark Borovitz.

This week's Torah portion (Vayechi) tells the story of Jacob's final conversation with his children. In astonishing ...

Why do some people do Birchas Habonim on Friday night? Answer by Rabbi Mendel Prescott, Rosh Yeshiva of Machon Smicha.

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AUSTIN (KXAN) — The son of Texas A&M University’s campus rabbi is among those critically wounded in a mass shooting Sunday at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia. Rabbi Yossi Lazaroff told ...

A man once petitioned Rabbi Nosson of Breslov for a blessing to find his match. He complained that he had been seeking the right woman for many years and had still not found her. Rabbo Nosson ...

Former British Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks was a towering figure in Jewish life whose unique blend of Torah and Western wisdom attracted adherents around the world for many years before his death ...

Anti-Israel demonstrators accused of having deafened a Washington, D.C. rabbi as he was trying to pray for Israel’s hostages outside its U.S. embassy have been ordered to pay his $182,000 legal bills ...

Thanks for your question. Before I answer, let tell you about the expression “luck of the Irish,” because it doesn’t mean what people think it means. It may not be the case so much now, but in ...